This small restaurant with a handful of tables inside the store, with a few more in the hallway, is located inside historic office buildings in downtown Minneapolis off the Nicollet Mall. They have a limited menu--serving only large bowls of pho and banh mi on crusty baguettes. It's open during lunch (10 am to 2 pm) Monday through Friday and also allows to go orders.

This is a locally owned Lebanese grill. They offer vegan and vegetarian options. The owners understand what vegan is and label the items. They also offer up any additional daily mezza options that are vegan (for example spinach pies or roasted cauliflower in the past). Friendly owners. They offer take-out and delivery.

Pepperjax is a decent "fast food" option, if you like rice and bean bowls, burritos and nachos. They even offer to clean the grill for vegetarians. Everything is made to order. (choose black and pinto beans, rice and all the veggies you could dream of) Their portion size for the price is quite good.